Saudi Arabia will host the COP16 UN conference on land degradation and desertification from Dec 2 as the top oil exporter pitches itself as an environmental defender despite criticism of its role at climate talks, where it was accused of blocking progress.

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The China Pavilion at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) officially opened on Monday, highlighting China's decades-long efforts and achievements in combating desertification. 

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Countries that signed the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification are meeting in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification

UN talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land start in Saudi Arabia on Monday after scientists fired a stark warning over unsustainable farming and deforestation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called it a "moonshot moment": a 12-day meeting for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), looking to protect and restore land and respond to drought amid the onslaught of climat…

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At the opening of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the organization, called for “a global approach that takes into account the close links between desertification, biodiversity loss and climate change”. COP16 runs until December 13, at a time when experts warned of the serious consequences of deforestation and intensive agriculture. The me…

Na abertura da 16.ª reunião da Conferência das Partes da Convenção sobre Combate à Desertificação (UNCCD) Ibrahim Thiaw, secretário executivo da organização, apelou para "uma abordagem global que tenha em conta as ligações estreitas entre a desertificação, a perda de biodiversidade e as alterações climáticas".   A COP16 decorre até 13 de dezembro, numa altura em que especialistas alertaram para as graves consequências da desflorestação e da agri…

COP16 sobre desertificação começou em Riade e (Portugal está presente)

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s incoming COP16 president vowed to work with the international community to tackle drought and desertification on the first day of a UN conference in Riyadh. Abdulrahman Al-Fadli, the Kingdom’s minister of environment, used his speech at the event – being held from Dec. 2 to 13 under the theme “Our Land. Our Future” – to reflect on the challenges facing

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Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum will announce Turkey's "National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Desertification" at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to be held in Riyadh from 2 to 13 December.

Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanı Murat Kurum, Türkiye'nin "Çölleşme ile Mücadele Ulusal Strateji ve Eylem Planı"nı 2-13 Aralık'ta Riyad'da düzenlenecek Birleşmiş Milletler Çölleşmeyle Mücadele Sözleşmesi (UNCCD) 16. Taraflar Konferansı'nda (COP16) açıklayacak.

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